CONFIRMED: Proton Inspira now out of production

Production of the Proton Inspira has now been officially stopped, a source confirmed. It would appear that production of the rebadged Mitsubishi Lancer has ground to a halt way back in early April this year. With that said, interested parties can still purchase the Inspira as remaining units of the car are still on sale – evident from it being featured on Proton Edar’s website.

The Proton Inspira was first introduced into the Malaysia market in 2010. As of now, three flavours are offered – a 1.8 M/T Executive followed by a 2.0 Executive and 2.0 Premium (both equipped with CVT transmissions). To recap, the 1.8 litre engine puts out 140 hp and 177 Nm of torque while the more powerful 2.0 litre unit produces 150 hp and 197 Nm instead.

Prices for the C-segment sedan begin at RM77,820 for the base 1.8. The 2.0 Executive goes for RM84,365 while the range-topping 2.0 Premium carries a price tag of RM91,586. All prices quoted are inclusive of on-the-road (OTR) costs and insurance. So there you have it, if you’re in the market for a sporty, four-door sedan for around RM90k, look no further and wait no longer. Bonus savings if you’re after a manual, too.

An “actor” by training, Gregory Sze realised that he has had enough of drama in his life. Following his number one passion (acting was actually number two), he decided to make the jump into the realm of automotive journalism. He appreciates the simple things in life – a simple car with nothing but back-to-basics mechanical engineering and minimal electronics on board.

Normally Perodua & Toyota macai use one failure model talk cock over 50 years.
BUT don’t worry, today we can share the news regarding Myvi killed 3 innocent peoples over 100 years. When your 5th generation child want to buy Myvi, we can advice him or her don’t buy Myvi because Perodua vehicle killed people.

I don’t know who you are, but before you write, touch your heart. Know where you are. Where is your religion in your heart. Where is the moral value your parent, family & teachers thought you. Apply in your life. We as a human, please never write something like this to critic people. Also don’t use it to make something funny. This isn’t funny. It shows to people how lost you are as human. Please be positive.

Axxx. And your happy that people died? Will you like people to share the news of your death when you die in Proton? Supporters like you have no moral values. We can advice people like you to keep your Proton because it’s going to send you back to your maker

Bro,are you kidding?I admit that the latest Perdana,model from Honda Accord.But the Saga FLX,Suprima S,Iriz,Preve,Persona,Gen2?You say that Proton rebadged those car to be that their car.Can you mention what the name and brand of the car from?
Saga FLX=
Suprima S=
Iriz=
Preve=
Persona=
Gen2=

u r right , there are many accordana on the roads now ,specially the 2.0 kinda looks like its open for private registration already???
i can see the reason for the inspira to be shelved , the preve is more than good enough spec n power wise(and bigger interior) to be a better alternative to it…

Nabil, the Perdana you see on the road these days are still exclusive to government officials with the ranks of Jusa/Superscale C and above. The Grey 2.0 is for Jusa C, Black 2.0 is for Jusa B while Black 2.4 is for Jusa A, Turus and above. There are many on the road now because previously there were all using the same black 2.0 Inspira which has now been replaced by the Perdana.

inspira comes with softer handling. tht why ppl feel more comfy. nothing to shout about. lancer es setup is similar like inspira. as the name said if for gt. it’s using different absorber from jpn kyb. long long time face-lifted lancer equiped with cvt cooler.

If we were to sum up the Inspira’s sad story in one sentence; ”It was always a ‘Mitsubishi Inspira’, but most people saw it as the ‘Proton Lancer’.”

30 years of history between Mitsubishi and Proton has come to an end. Despite all the good and bad, we should rightfully pay our respects to Mitsubishi, because without them, there would be no Proton today.

Yeah right. Mind you watch your comments that you mention. Dont talk trash if you don’t own Proton Inspira. Belum cuba belum tahu. I owned 2.0P first batch and it is not that bad. This is my first car (starters like me) and still keeping it as it is still in excellent condition (4 years 3 months, 100K KM) apart of the poor absorbers from Proton which i have changed to KYB. Apart of that, i am using Inspira for highway drive & Prius for city driving.

Proton has still learn the lesson that people who drives the Inspira are inferior to those driving the Lancers. Likewise those who are going to own the new Perdana based on the previous generation Accord will surely feel degraded when the real Accord of any generation passes by.

That’s one of the stupidest comments ever. It’s the same as saying why is Malaysia’s per-capita GDP low? Oh, it’s to protect Singapore’s higher per-capita GDP.

Cars in Thailand are not significantly cheaper. Which local Thai car are they protecting? Cars in Singapore are some of the most expensive in the world. Which manufacturer are they protecting? Taxes are primarily for government revenue, not just for protectionism. Even Proton and Perodua get taxed by the government, while foreign brands that assemble hybrids in Malaysia got larger tax breaks percentage-wise compared to our local manufacturers

Took the words right out of my mouth, Mr. holo. And look: you got bashed with thumb-downs and another kimchi-no-RV-esque comment already. For what? Stating your observations and opinions, including your love for your K5? Poor guy.

The amount of brain dead comments here repeating the same thing over and over in thread after thread is very tiring to read.

Most of the mindless bashers appear to be PR idiots and Red Bean Army types.. they eat, drink, breathe opposition politics while offering no suggestions. They want this country to collect no taxes and have no industries, and for everyone to boycott local products.

I’m in no way try to lower these people with their mindless comments. I’m sure most are enjoying luxury lives, big paychecks, huge cars etc…but the hatred and anger are so overwhelming it clouded their rationale judgment on how their words should be written out…

Insaf lah Proton.If you are just stopping the inspira production to make way for accordana…by rebadging the previous generation Honda,you might as well stop all production.
Just get gomen approval to bring in China made or other exotic cars with a giant AP.
Just like MAS which is selling off the six giant A380 airbuses(cos they cant fill the plane with sufficient passenger loads),just downsize,chop off all the deadwood and be a lean car distributor…no point wasting time and money doing manufacturing.
I am sure Same Lorr will assist in getting jobs for the retrenched Proton staff..to work in UMW.
For the past 10 years,we have not heard good news from Proton,in terms of profits.
Effectively,the only contributors(not profits) in terms of sales are the Saga,Persona,Exora and Iriz.The Suprima and Inspira are technically and financially not worth producing.

What patriotism is needed ? , where Protong has been getting tax payers funded gomen grants for donkey years until DRB took over? And DRB is still asking for your hard earned tax dollar.You call this patriotism,in supporting a leech?
Perhaps,you are so very happy giving your taxes to help an ailing Boleh land car manufacturer.
The Banglas will be calling you a stupid fool for throwing money to the dogs.

I believe most Malaysian would love to buy any other rebadge Proton’s car eg; Accord/Inspira because of their proven quality and reliability. Proton could save so much money for R&D. Lesson learned ‘No matter how good The Proton’s car is, even good as a BMW. Do you guys wanna pay so much money for it?’

Was once a proud owner of black Inspira. I passed it on to family member as I moved out of Msia

Not that I like Proton so much. BUT I’m just being pragmatic. As a working executive, I’ve aldy paid so much in Income Tax to IRB, I don’t wanna pay another sum in car exercise duty.

I need a car that can fetch my family comfortable in long distance drive (KL – northern & KL – east coast) frequently. This car fits the bill. And I used the “saved” RM 20k to buy my 2nd property (^^)

The only good thing that it is badged as Proton , its easy to find service centers, and when you’re in the service center you usually gets the VIP treatment coz you have the most expansive car around ;) But doesn’t mean the parts are cheap.

Sadly to hear that Proton Inspira production have been ceased. In fact, Proton Inspira is actually not bad as what people think about Proton.

Mainly is due to poor after sales service from Proton. Reasons behind will be the proton service centre doesn’t know or even have the knowledge to fix a problem. For example, CVT gear related. Lack of awareness towards on the maintenance related for Mitsubishi Lancer/Proton Inspira which worsen the car condition.

In addition the poor APM (my term – ‘Apa Pun Mampus’) Absorbers really bad. Absorbers damaged less than 3 months after replace and changed more than 10 times within 3 years warranty period. Resulting with no choice by replacing to KYB/Mitsubishi parts to replace defects on the absorbers.

I hope that Proton will improve of features, safety and essential tools before selling their car as this might affect their sales and service in the future. In fact, Proton Inspira might be more sellable if

Sadly to hear that Proton Inspira production have been ceased. In fact, Proton Inspira is actually not bad as what people think about Proton.

Mainly is due to poor after sales service from Proton. Reasons behind will be the proton service centre doesn’t know or even have the knowledge to fix a problem. For example, CVT gear related. Lack of awareness towards on the maintenance related for Mitsubishi Lancer/Proton Inspira which worsen the car condition.

In addition the poor APM (my term – ‘Apa Pun Mampus’) Absorbers really bad. Absorbers damaged less than 3 months after replace and changed more than 10 times within 3 years warranty period. Resulting with no choice by replacing to KYB/Mitsubishi parts to replace defects on the absorbers.

My advice to Proton will be improving the car features, safety and essential tools before selling as will affect their sales and service. In fact, Proton Inspira could have sell more if they reduce the price or either add some features that a lot of car enthusiast might be interested buying this car.

How you manage to fit KYB absorbers to Inspira. IINM, even the mountings are different. My stock absorbers had been giving me a lot of problems. A lot of noise and my front left absorber just leak recently.

Perhaps you might go to this page for more info. I am not promoting or selling it as I changed it using my own car. It is your choice to choose the replacement of the absorbers that you desired. Link: http://on.fb.me/1bu3a8N

All comments is against the proton where in the actual, most of people or you guys(perhaps) owning a Proton at least once in your life time. Inspira is an affordable Mitsubishi model. The different is jz a proton badge. What is so bad? Isn’t that a smart guy? who buy the same Lancer cost Rm120K++ while you can get Rm84K for the same model? Puihhh… Stupid!!!

Low IQ comment. Without local industries, what makes you think imported goods won’t be taxed? Do you think money will fall from the sky to fill up the government’s coffers? The country runs on air and water only is it?

With a thinking of yours, no wonder our society is still stuck in stone age with low IQ like yours. You like to fill up the G’s coffers? Great, feel free to pay up double the tax but why force it on us? Proton has been losing millions every year and asking the G to compensate. Is this beneficial to our local industries? Who said we don’t want local industries? What we don’t want is just the protection that benefits nobody except Proton. There are many ways to generate income. Instead of becoming an Automotive Hub, thus generating more job opportunities for the people, the G decides to collect money from the poor rakyat by imposing unfair tax structure to benefit Proton. Malaysia initially can become the “Detroit of Asia”, instead now we have jaguh kampung “BMW of Asia” and “Volvo of Asia”.

Because the bashers are low-IQ idiots who hide behind the anonymity of the Internet to behave like a bunch of uneducated savages.

That’s why the bashers are still stuck in low-paying Chinaman companies with dead-end jobs, and unable to open up their horizons and improve their intelligence.. katak bawah tempurung and crabs in a basket combined

And yet Proton still need to JV with Chinaman companies to sell in China. If Proton so smart, still need to stuck with Chinaman companies meh? And sell as fake ‘Lotus’ some more that some supporters think it is. Who’s the low IQ idiot now? Haha

Lol some proton cars are not bad actually like the preve or the inspira…having said that proton customer service very poor and base on that i dont want to buy proton also i dont want to make crony richer.

I bought inspirated last year &now I plan to sell it wth cheaper price.ori lancer have a great value4$.it’s vry disappointed when u call me like that.it is true that clone car is different&people ve already known about it.sad but true

A lot of bashers here are butt hurt because they still cannot afford a top range Proton and have to buy Vios J. Please bash on if it helps with your insecurity. Inspira is without a doubt one of the most value for money car in Malaysia.

I drove one before, borrowed my friend’s car, it’s a good car, drivetrain is okay, somewhat better riding compared to original Lancer GT which is too harsh for my taste.. Letdowns are, well, too expensive for a Proton, for many people out there, but then, I’ll take this over the Vios and Almera, though maybe not the City, I guess..

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